Old Mac, New Speed

From	Davoud <star@sky.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Old Mac, New Speed
Date	2014-07-01 23:22 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<010720142322387235%star@sky.net> (permalink)

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Holy hard drive, Batman!

The 500GB HD on this "17-inch, Early 2008" MB Pro failed two weeks ago.
This machine, one of two 17-inch MBPs that I own, is important to me.

I ran it from the SuperDuper external backup drive for a bit while I
decided what to do. I decided to buy a Crucial 960GB SSD from Amazon.

I did that this evening, then cloned the SuperDuper backup to the new
SSD. I was expecting a little speed bump on this 6-year-old machine, as
I am accustomed to the speed of my 15" MBP Retina SSD, but this far
exceeds my expectations. Aperture, Lightroom, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro,
and astronomy software with huge databases, all load in a flash and run
much faster than I would have dared hope.

Bottom line, at $400-and-something this is a great choice if you're
looking to give new life to an old Mac that is irreplaceable.

-- 
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

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Old Mac, New Speed Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-07-01 23:22 -0400
  Re: Old Mac, New Speed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-02 04:20 +0000
    Re: Old Mac, New Speed Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2014-07-02 08:27 -0400
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-02 13:30 +0000
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2014-07-04 19:07 +1200
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed (OT) Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-04 06:28 -0700
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-07-04 14:08 -0700
          Re: Old Mac, New Speed Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2014-07-05 08:09 -0400
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2014-07-04 12:34 -0700
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed (OT) Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-04 17:03 -0700
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2014-07-05 08:17 -0400
          Re: Old Mac, New Speed Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-07-05 12:10 -0400
            Re: Old Mac, New Speed Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2014-07-05 18:27 -0400
              Re: Old Mac, New Speed Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-07-06 01:37 -0400
                Re: Old Mac, New Speed Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2014-07-06 07:59 -0400
                Re: Old Mac, New Speed Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-07-06 14:00 +0100
                Re: Old Mac, New Speed Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-07-06 06:50 -0700
                Re: Old Mac, New Speed Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2014-07-07 10:40 -0400
                Re: Old Mac, New Speed Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-07-07 07:52 -0700
                Re: Old Mac, New Speed John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2014-07-06 11:24 -0400
    Re: Old Mac, New Speed Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-07-02 09:41 -0400
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-02 13:48 +0000
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-07-04 07:21 -0400
  Re: Old Mac, New Speed Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-07-02 09:39 -0400
  Re: Old Mac, New Speed Suze <replytome@thenewsgroup.com> - 2014-07-03 21:09 -0600
    Re: Old Mac, New Speed Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-04 06:29 -0700
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-07-04 06:44 -0700
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-04 07:07 -0700
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-04 16:04 +0000
          Re: Old Mac, New Speed Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-07-04 21:42 -0700
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-04 14:08 +0000
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-07-10 17:21 +1000
          Re: Old Mac, New Speed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-10 14:27 +0000
    Re: Old Mac, New Speed Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-07-10 17:17 +1000
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-10 14:26 +0000
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-10 12:30 -0400
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-07-10 10:30 -0700
  Re: Old Mac, New Speed jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2014-07-04 19:10 +1200

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